FNUS75 KBYZ 191721 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for N Bridgers Unit 13 RX...USFS National Weather Service Billings MT 1121 AM MDT Thu Mar 19 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on March 23. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Warm, dry and breezy conditions continue into Saturday. A cold front dropping through the region Saturday afternoon will bring rain/snow showers into Saturday night. The current chance of wetting rain is around 30 percent. Generally warm and dry conditions will prevail Monday into Tuesday with southwest to west winds. Currently there is a slight chance of showers Tuesday afternoon, along with increasing winds as another disturbance approaches from the west. At this time, there looks to be a period of increased winds, followed by moderate chances for rain/snow around the middle of next week. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....50-54. Min humidity........20-26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds early becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........Southwest to west 15 to 25 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 5,000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest to west 15 to 25 mph. TIME (MDT) 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM 5 PM Sky (%).........74 71 66 77 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............39 45 50 50 RH..............40 31 24 26 20 FT wind......SW 3G12 SW 5G15 SW 7G17 W 6G18 .MONDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....35-40. Max humidity........47-52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the evening becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph overnight. Ridgetop...........West 10 to 20 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 20 mph. TIME (MDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM Sky (%).........80 79 78 69 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............49 44 43 42 RH..............29 41 45 48 20 FT wind......W 6G20 SW 5G17 S 4G14 S 5G15 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. CWR.................Less than 10 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....58-63. Min humidity........25-30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the morning, increasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........West 15 to 25 mph in the morning becoming southwest 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 7,000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. TIME (MDT)6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........73 71 72 82 Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............41 45 54 60 RH..............50 47 35 28 20 FT wind......S 5G16 SW 6G20 SW 10G25 SW 11G29 $$ Forecaster...Palmquist Requested by...Nick Nelson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606578.0/BYZ .DELDT 03/19/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nicholas.nelson@usda.gov